双城记英文读后感8篇.docx

1、双城记英文读后感8篇双城记英文读后感(8篇) 双城记英文读后感 第1篇： “A tale of two cities” is one of Dickenss most important representative works。The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution，intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel，and sincerely sympathizes with

2、 the depressed classes。The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on，which displayed peoples great strength。 The novel has portrayed many different people。 Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution actually ， Lucie is beautifu

3、l and gentle ，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is upright and honest ，Sydney is semblance of indifferent， innermost feelings of warm，unconventional but also selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal，Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister。The plex hatred is hard to solve， the c

4、ruel revenge has made more hatreds， loves rebirth in the hell edge，but take the life as the price。 As an outstanding w riter，in Dickenss work，the language skill is essential。Each kind of rhetoric technique，like the analogy，the exaggeration，the contrast，the humorous，and the taunt are handled skillful

5、ly，and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak。”A tale of two cities” has its difference with the general historical novel， its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes。With the broad real background of the French Revolution，the author take the fictional character Doctor Manette

6、s experience as the main clue，interweaves the unjust charge， love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together，the plot is criss-crossed，and the clue is plex。The author use narrates，foreshadowing，upholstery and so many techniques，causes the structure integrity

7、 and strictness，the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature，it displayed the remarkable artistic skill。the style “A tale of two cities” is solemnity and melancholy，fills indignantion，but lacks the humor of the early works。 双城记英文读后感 第2篇： A Love and Hate in A Tale of Two Cities Many have gr

8、own fond of the tale involving the noble， former Fr ench aristocrat， who had virtually unmatched (except maybe in boo ks) good fortune。 First， his life was saved by the pitiful testimony of a beautiful young woman。 Anyone would gladly have married th is beautiful too-good-to-be-true-woman he wedded。

9、 It is later seen， however， that this man should have married her even if she were u gly as sin。 This was not the case though， and he married a beautif ul woman， who had an admirer who was a dead ringer for her hus band， was a loser， and would give his life to keep her from pain， all of which really

10、 es in handy when her hubby is on his way to the guillotine。 This is not the story of a man with multiple gua rdian angels， but rather that of a character in Charles Dickens nove l A Tale of Two Cities。 A skeptic could easily see this as an unbe lievable， idealistic and overrated novel that is too f

11、ar-fetched。 An u nbiased reader， however， can see that this is a story of love and ha te， each making up the bare-bones of the novel so that one must l ook closely to see Dickens biases， attempts at persuasion， and unbe lievable plot-lines， some of which are spawned from Dickens love and hate， and s

12、ome of which love and hate are used to develop。 The more lifeless of the characters we are supposed to like-the Ma nettes， Darnay， Lorry- play their parts in the idyllic fashion Dicken s and like-minded readers want， a fashion made inflexible by circu mstances and purposes。 “Circumstances and purpos

13、es” refers in larg e part to Dickens state of mind and objective。 Dickens intrusive， u nusually editorial point of view， with references to “I” and deviatio ns from narration for monologue， reveals the novels slavery to the teachings of his morals-or perhaps his own slavery to the morals o f his tim

14、e and Protestantism。 Therefore， can Lucie be any different from the supportive， wholly feminine wife and mother she is? Not if Dickens is to stick to his obligation， or perhaps obstinate purpos e， of moral teachings。 With that aside， what is to be said of Dickens teaching， his presen tation of love

15、and hate? They both have one thing in mon: the characters representing each are unmistakable at a mile away。 The moment Lucie Manette is put before the readers eyes， her tumblin g blond locks， her bright blue eyes， her seventeen-year-old， slight， p retty (but not sexy!) figure and all， he knows that

16、， not only will sh e not be a villainous， unlikable character， but she will be the epito me of the good， beautiful woman (and later housewife)， the one Di ckens thought every women should be。 At this young womans intr oduction with Mr。 Lorry， she curtseys to him， and Dickens wastes no time in pointi

17、ng out that “young ladies made curtseys in those days”。 The introductory scene climaxes at fair Lucies fainting， one that， to some， puts her unflawed position into question， although to Dickens， it reinforces it。 At the other side of this moral lecture are the Defarges。 Call Dicke ns a master for em

18、bodying qualities， but here are another flawless pair-flawlessly evil， and sentenced to evil from the moment we see Madame Defarges “watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at a nything， a large hand heavily ringed， a steady face， strong features， and great posure of manner”， a stark contrast to the

19、 slight， fai nting figure of Mada- or rather， Miss Manette。 To further turn us against good old Madame Defarge， Dickens has her using a toothpi ck publicly in her opening scene， an activity dainty Miss Manette wouldnt dream of。 Finally， we mustnt forget the setting。 Lucie ma y have been born in Fran

20、ce， but she defected to England， and trave led from London to meet Mr。 Lorr y。 Madame Defarge was a Frenc hwoman， born and living amongst peasants who drank wine scoope d off of mud。 She probably was not taught Dickens (and his prima ry English audiences) Protestant morals in her Catholic nation， an

21、d certainly did not manifest them。 In arguably the books first touching scene (some say its the one where Carton is on his way to the guillotine)， Lucie goes through much trouble to coax her father from his insanity， laying her head on his shoulder， and trusting a man she had never met。 When Mad ame

22、 Defarge sought vengeance for the cruel injustice mitted ag ainst her kin， she looked to destroy not only the innocent descende nt of the culprit， but his family- an old man， a young woman， an d a little girl。 These two characters love and hate are unconditional and total。 Did this have to be so? Co

23、uld not Madame Defarge ha ve showed one bit of femininity， of human kindness? Could Lucie not have stolen a contemptuous glance at her persecutors? Not with Dickens at the helm。 Lucie and Defarge are created with a convic tion， and once Dickens plot was laid， the blinders he put on his c haracters a

24、llowed only one route。 Perhaps it was a primitive style， but modern characters are painted more realistically， with human w eaknesses and more variability。 Did it have to be so? Could Dicken s have captured more readers， especially in the long run， if he had pursued more varying actions in his chara

25、cters， as well as more h umanness and believability? Does this point to Dickens as a flawed writer， with little imagination and ability? Another factor that must be considered is our inability to criticize a n English-or English-living-character， or to find a modicum of res pectability in a French o

26、ne， with two exceptions。 One is the young woman who is beheaded just before Sydney Carton。 She is the en emy of an enemy， she is going to be killed， and she allows Dicke ns to teach another moral using Sydney Carton。 Why not have her happy to die for the benefit of her countrymen， while not tremblin

27、g as she ascends to her death， thereby depriving the mon enemy of a small victory? With the modern trend of political correctness and anti-racism， a Tale of Two Cities written today would never le ave the word processor。 Jerry Cruncher is about the most sinful of the English (aside from a spy but， r

28、emember， he defected to Franc e)， and he repents by the end， which counts for another moral fro m Dickens。 In Dickens time， racism was not regarded as it is toda y， and so if he wanted to use the French Revolution to send a me ssage to the population， it was his right， but he may have taken thi s to

29、o far for some。 Today， Lucie Manette would by no means be taken seriously as a believable， even likable character。 She persists in fainting at particul arly stressful moments， but when her husband is before a heartless， bloodthirsty jury， she looks brave and strong just for him。 In cont ext， this wa

30、s a screaming contradiction， but one that Dickens requir ed to portray his Eve。 It is much easier to believe Madame Defarg es hate than her oppositions love。 Defarges sister was raped and murdered mercilessly and her brother was killed by a pair heartless “noblemen”。 It is much easier to understand

31、Defarges taste for blo od than the condition of Manette， who， after practicing as a pet ent doctor and acting normally for years， experiences a recurrence of his mental condition simply because his wonderful daughter has left for two weeks， although he has two dear friends nearby。 Charles Dickens ha

32、s built an enduring story enjoyed by millions， w hich is loved by experts and critics today although it would be im mediately butchered if written by a modern author。 It is a love stor y loved by its creator， but wholly unbelievable。 It is actually doom ed by its own idealism and unrealistic charact

33、ers。 As a hate story， i t is much more petent， although also using this for its own pur poses。 One can draw ones own conclusions and ideas from such a book， but facts are facts。 双城记英文读后感 第3篇： These days I have read the well-known masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities。 There are various roles in the book， and their relationship is amazing， which is unimagin